{"id":277,"date":"2010-07-23T05:12:43","date_gmt":"2010-07-23T12:12:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bizwaremagic.com\/weblog\/?p=277"},"modified":"2019-10-23T06:51:37","modified_gmt":"2019-10-23T13:51:37","slug":"the-yahoo-bing-transition-has-begun-some-tips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bizwaremagic.com\/weblog\/2010\/07\/23\/the-yahoo-bing-transition-has-begun-some-tips\/","title":{"rendered":"The Yahoo Bing Transition Has Begun – Some Tips"},"content":{"rendered":"


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\nBWMagic’s Internet Marketing News
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\nThe Yahoo Bing Transition Has Begun – Some Tips<\/b>
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\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

For over 10 years now, I have concentrated most of my SEO efforts and site design
\ntowards Google, mainly because they send me around 70% to 80% of my free organic
\ntraffic depending on the site in question. Although Google, with their countless
\nupdates and never-ending Algorithm tweaking, has sent me into fits of
\ndepression\/rage\/pure joy more times than I can count, but I still like Google and
\ncan’t imagine my web-day or web-income without it.<\/p>\n

However, Yahoo has now begun to test and show organic, as well as paid search listings,
\nfrom Microsoft. You will still see the same Yahoo interface but the results are coming
\nfrom Bing. Now is the time to optimize your site or sites for Bing if you haven’t done so
\nalready.<\/p>\n

Now I must admit, I am probably not the best one to be explaining this because as mentioned
\nabove, with all my years online I have never really concentrated much of my SEO on Yahoo or
\nBing. Now I have paid listings in both of them and many of my keywords are ranked high in
\nboth Yahoo and Bing but I have never gone out and actually tried to raise my rankings in
\nany of them.<\/p>\n

In other words, I have never really bothered with them because of the low volume of
\ntraffic which they produce compared with Google. If you’re on a tight budget or you
\nhave very little time, it’s best to concentrate your efforts on Google.<\/p>\n

But putting all your eggs in one basket is never a good idea, especially now when
\nwe don’t yet know the outcome of the Bing\/Yahoo marriage. Ranking high in this new
\nsearch engine could produce more traffic and it’s best to be prepared for it.<\/p>\n

Like Google, Bing has its own section for Webmasters which offers advice and tools.
\nUsing these tools and following the SEO advice should get your site ranked high.
\n
\n
\nHere’s something directly from the Bing Toolbox:
\n
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\n“Web sites that naturally appear high in search engine results typically
\nhave maximized their SEO methods, by using: <\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/b>Relevant and unique title tags on all Web pages;
\nSuccinct meta tag content descriptions;
\nHeader tags (specifically h1 tags) within the content;
\nText navigation links;
\nXML Sitemaps; and,
\nRobots.txt files. “<\/b>
\n
\n
\nFind more helpful stuff here:
\n
\n
\nwww.bing.com\/toolbox\/webmasters
\n
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Now of course, how this whole transition plays out and what effect it will
\nhave upon the online search world remains to be seen. Like most webmasters,
\nI constantly view my site’s stats and raw data… seeing where my visitors
\nare coming from and what keywords they are using to find my content.<\/p>\n

For very lucrative sites I even monitor my site’s traffic logs sometimes on
\nan hourly basis… checking the latest 300 visitors. I know there are software
\nprograms and site’s stats such as Awstats and Analog Stats. I also use Google
\nAnalytics but closely monitoring your traffic gives you a special feel for how
\nwell your site is performing.<\/p>\n

I firmly believe you have to know your site like the back of your hand, you
\nhave to know how well it is performing and what is working. Most of all, you have
\nto discover what is not working… if your visitors are immediately leaving your
\nsite, your content may not be of a high enough quality or you are targeting the
\nwrong keywords.
\n
\n
\nOr even the wrong search engines.<\/b>
\n
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

If my Bing\/Yahoo daily search traffic starts to increase, I will pay more attention
\nto ranking high in those search engines. But as of yet, I am not seeing the numbers
\nwhich would warrant extra time. This doesn’t mean these search engines don’t produce
\ngood quality traffic – just saying the numbers aren’t there yet.<\/p>\n

Nor should you be misled by the small numbers, if this traffic is converting into sales
\n– you should be paying attention and optimizing your sites for Bing\/Yahoo. That’s why
\nI have always found it profitable to have paid search listings in both Yahoo and Bing…
\ntheir traffic do convert into sales. So the transition does concern me somewhat and
\nso far things have gone smoothly.<\/p>\n

Can Bing\/Yahoo really compete with Google in organic search? I don’t think so, but
\ntheir combined numbers will probably go up and make it much more worth your while
\nto optimize for this new search engine.<\/p>\n

To find out more about this whole transition and to get more tips try here:
\n
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Google vs Yahoo Comparison<\/b><\/p>\n

And here’s a great site to compare how your site ranks for your keywords
\nin both Google and Yahoo:
\n
\n
\n
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

www.langreiter.com\/exec\/yahoo-vs-google.html<\/p>\n


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Helping You Succeed Online Since 2002!<\/p>\n

Kind Regards,
\nTitus
\n
\nhttp:\/\/www.bizwaremagic.com<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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